Some 150 local and foreign enterprises are taking part in the Vietnam International Furniture & Home Accessories Fair 2010 (VIF 2010) which will take place from March 11 to 14 at Saigon Conventional & Exhibition Centre in HCM City ’s district 7.
The organiser of the annual event, the Handicraft and Wood Industry Association of HCM City (HAWA), said foreign companies from HCM City as well as Binh Duong, Binh Dinh, Dong Nai, Hanoi, Long An, Gia Lai and An Giang provinces will exhibit their products and services at 600 booths at the fair.
VIFA has welcomed the participation of those enterprises specialising in wood processing and manufacturing machinery, tools accessories, equipment and quality control services from China , Hong Kong , Malaysia , Singapore and the UK , according to HAWA chairman Nguyen Chien Thang.
Addressing a press meeting on Feb.27, Thang said: “The year 2010 will mark the official joining of VIFA 2010 in the International Furniture & Home Deco fairs for the seven members of the ASEAN Furniture Industry Council (AFIC), from Feb. 3 to Mar. 14 of this year.
AFIC members are Indonesia , Malaysia , Myanmar , the Philippines , Singapore , Thailand and Vietnam .
Thang said joining the AFIC fairs would better benefit the wood industries of all members, and make VIFA 2010 better known among potential buyers and importers, such as those from Japan , the US and other European countries.
The organiser has received registrations from nearly 1,000 furniture import companies from 67 countries and territories, including those from Australia , the US , the UK Canada, Germany , Japan , New Zealand , India and Hong Kong . Most of these visitors aim to seek new partners and suppliers.
VIFA 2010 also includes business activities and worshops ad seminars such as Furniture Industry in Germany : The Crisis is Over or Are Times Getting Harder? by the editor-in-chief of Moebel Mark magazine, New Technology in Finishing Wood Products by Bayer Vietnam, and Legal and Environment Requirements of EU and US Furniture Markets by Vietnamese-Germany Forestry Cooperation Programme (GTZ)./.
The organiser of the annual event, the Handicraft and Wood Industry Association of HCM City (HAWA), said foreign companies from HCM City as well as Binh Duong, Binh Dinh, Dong Nai, Hanoi, Long An, Gia Lai and An Giang provinces will exhibit their products and services at 600 booths at the fair.
VIFA has welcomed the participation of those enterprises specialising in wood processing and manufacturing machinery, tools accessories, equipment and quality control services from China , Hong Kong , Malaysia , Singapore and the UK , according to HAWA chairman Nguyen Chien Thang.
Addressing a press meeting on Feb.27, Thang said: “The year 2010 will mark the official joining of VIFA 2010 in the International Furniture & Home Deco fairs for the seven members of the ASEAN Furniture Industry Council (AFIC), from Feb. 3 to Mar. 14 of this year.
AFIC members are Indonesia , Malaysia , Myanmar , the Philippines , Singapore , Thailand and Vietnam .
Thang said joining the AFIC fairs would better benefit the wood industries of all members, and make VIFA 2010 better known among potential buyers and importers, such as those from Japan , the US and other European countries.
The organiser has received registrations from nearly 1,000 furniture import companies from 67 countries and territories, including those from Australia , the US , the UK Canada, Germany , Japan , New Zealand , India and Hong Kong . Most of these visitors aim to seek new partners and suppliers.
VIFA 2010 also includes business activities and worshops ad seminars such as Furniture Industry in Germany : The Crisis is Over or Are Times Getting Harder? by the editor-in-chief of Moebel Mark magazine, New Technology in Finishing Wood Products by Bayer Vietnam, and Legal and Environment Requirements of EU and US Furniture Markets by Vietnamese-Germany Forestry Cooperation Programme (GTZ)./.